DRUMHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drumhead mean? 

• DRUMHEAD (noun)
  The noun DRUMHEAD has 1 sense:

1. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

  Familiarity information: DRUMHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

• DRUMHEAD (adjective)
  The adjective DRUMHEAD has 1 sense:

1. performed speedily and without formality

  Familiarity information: DRUMHEAD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUMHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drumhead; head

Hypernyms ("drumhead" is a kind of...):

membrane (a thin pliable sheet of material)

Holonyms ("drumhead" is a part of...):

drum; membranophone; tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)

• DRUMHEAD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Performed speedily and without formality

Synonyms:

drumhead; summary

Context example:

summary justice

Similar:

unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)

 Context examples 

The skin roof, stretched tightly as a drumhead, I had thought, sagged and bellied with every gust; and innumerable interstices in the walls, not so tightly stuffed with moss as Maud had supposed, disclosed themselves.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)